Royal Bahraini Air Force News

News about Royal Bahraini Air Force

Twenty-Four Refurbished AH-1W Super Cobras for Bahrain

31-Mar-23 - US State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Bahrain of 24 ex-Marines Bell AH-1W Super Cobra as Excess Defense Article (EDA) . The helicopters will be refurbished at a cost of $ 350M before delivery #SuperCobra

Bell 505 Trainers for Bahrain

16-Mar-23 - The Royal Bahrain Air Force (RBAF) received three new trainer helicopters Bell 505 #Bahrain

Bell Completes Bahrain AH-1Z Program

20-Feb-23 - Bell completed the 12th and final AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter for Bahrain. Six are already in country #Bahrain

First Bahrain Bell AH-1Z Viper

23-Oct-21 - Bell delivered the first of 12 AH-1Z Viper gunship helicopter to the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) as part of the 2019 foreign military sales (FMS) contract for Bahrain #Bahrain

FMS Contract Awarded for Bahrain’ 12 AH-1Z Viper

10-Feb-19 - U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract awarded to Bell to supply 12 Lot 16 AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters to Bahrain worth $ 240 millions as part of a total deal valued $ 912 millions #MiddleEast

State Dept Approved AH-1Z FMS Sale to Bahrain

27-Apr-18 - U.S. State Department approved possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Bahrain of 12 AH-1Z valued $911.4 million. The Royal Bahraini Air Force already operates the AH-1E/P

First UH-60M delivered to Bahrain

01-Dec-09 - Bahrain received the first of nine UH-60M Black Hawks

Bahrain Purchases VVIP S-92 Helicopter

13-Nov-07 - Bahrain ordered the Sikorsky S-92 helicopter in VVIP variant

Bahrain UH-60M International Launch Customer

19-Jun-07 - Bahrain signed Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) for 9 Sikorsky UH-60M helicopters via FMS valued u$s 204M becoming the international launch customer